Josiah

"Reading minds" has become a meme of cheap sci-fi. Knowing the thoughts of another is a gift of the Spirit, given to those whose calling requires it.

I would argue that Jesus could not read minds.  He was, after all, fully human.  He became "a little lower than the angels."  My take is that the Holy Spirit granted him the insight, just as he might to us, as a gifting at a particular time. 

Perhaps more of his words, and the words of others, were written.
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/13.25-29?lang=eng#24
 
As to this next passage, may I suggest considering not just the Nephites in America, but also Roman history in the first century AD, and not just in Palestine, but also elsewhere:
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/26.12-17?lang=eng#11
 
Thoughts? Impressions?

We have also lost quite a few "plain and precious things" from the Bible, according to Nephi. My guess is that many more of Peter's words were written either by himself or others, but were rejected by the great and abominable church, or simply lost. But that's just my speculation.

Honestly, you shouldn't. Charity and forgiveness beat anger and bitterness any day. The Savior can help you more that way. 
 
As far as moving on goes, all I have is this: Turn to God and rely on Him. Give Christ time to heal your pain, because it will take time. If you haven't already, ask for help from your bishop, family, and/or trusted friends. Things will get better!

I hate hearing about these situations, and I'm sorry your going through it. Having said that, I'd stick it out in your current ward. Maybe a new family will come in and you'll be the ones that need to be there to make them feel welcome. Maybe you need to learn something from having him as a bishop. Maybe he needs to learn something from you.
 
I don't know why you're there, but knowing what little I know about God, there are probably quite a few good reasons. All the above aside, it's certainly worth praying about, and possibly talking to the stake president about depending on how your new bishop turns out to be as your bishop.

You might be surprised with your new bishop.
 
I worked with a former bishop and stake high councilor who was a complete boob at work. When I worked with him in his calling, he was a star. I was amazed because he worked for me and I wished he could perform with the same confidence at work.
 
As for being comfortable in the ward, I suggest reaching out more. Befriend a young couple that could use a baby sitter to go to the temple. Invite a couple over for dinner or a shared family home evening. It will break down some of those barriers.

If the difficulty is rooted in your husband working for the counselor/now-bishop, I would look at--
1) can husband look for a new job or transfer to a new supervisor (as you would do whenever dealing with a crummy boss).
2) Separate work, church, and personal-- and build those boundries of steel.  If he's off the clock, then no work stuff. If he's home now, then its home time and not church duties.  Don't let work ruin the rest of your life.  
 
As to not feeling welcomed or at home in your ward, I'm going to preface this by saying I have lived in 25 different wards in the last 12 years.  I also have a... 'odd' personality that doesn't fit into social norms.  
 
So, my solution to not welcomed or at home in a ward:
* I quit waiting for an invitation
* kick down the door,
* And MAKE myself at home!  
I am here at church to learn about God, don't need to worry about whatever imaginary social feathers I might be ruffling.  

If you're going to be preaching the gospel of repentance, gotta go practice what you're about to preach. 
 
Things will work out.  Go talk to your bishop.  :)

Elijah, clearly a prophet,spoke his opinion in scripture, that opinion was cited in scripture, and God's correction to Elijah's mistaken assumption is provided in scripture. https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-kgs/19.14,18?lang=eng#13
 
(Romans 11 also refers to this event in a broader context.)

This is not the bishop's responsibility. It also strikes me as a very bad idea for him to be one-on-one calling people to task for his idea of what's immodest. Bad, bad, bad idea.
 
The lessons on modesty, yes. Good idea.
 
Teach them correct principles. Let them govern themselves.

Some really well organised teachers might email their lesson plan notes along with detailed notes on the learning styles and behavioural trends of all the kids in the class to whoever ends up subbing for the sub, and others might even have their husband deliver to the sub's sub all the teaching aids and snacks that they've spent the last week preparing. It could happen, but I haven't seen it yet :) 

As President Hinckley's father counseled his young missionary: "Dear Gordon, I have your recent letter. I have only one suggestion: Forget yourself and go to work."
 
From a recent education week session:
"Don't focus on whether you're being humble...instead focus on serving others and serving God."
 
Also, I can't recommend this speech enough...especially the repetitive question of "What would you have me do next?" that has resonated for years: https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/henry-b-eyring_go-forth-serve-4/
 
Thoughts?
 

Yjacket, I see your point. But if this proposed parenting is a deal-breaker for the OP (and who are we to judge another's deal-breakers) and sees it as enough to affect her marriage, especially when she entered the marriage with her husband making a covenant to raise any kids LDS, is it really so awful to end the marriage now if that's what this couple decides?
From the husband's perspective: his wife is balking at the new plan for the family. He clearly isn't willing to let her behave that way and remain his wife. From a 1950's family perspective, his wife isn't submitting to him. Should he have to stay in that marriage hoping she will leave the church or at least agree to hide it from any future kids?
I have a somewhat personal story: my cousin is currently going through a terrible divorce from a 1950's type man who shortly after the wedding informed her she was not allowed to have anything to do with with the LDS church or really any faith or philosophy other than his (Satanist humanism). The kids were certainly not to know their mother was ever LDS. He believes it his right to preside over the family and make all decisions as to religion and philosophy. In the end he brought a girlfriend to live in their house because it was what he needed and Father Knows Best.
I'm sorry, but the rights of the head of the house do not get to mean thought-control.

Call (or have your husband call) the primary president.  Tell them you agreed to sub for the class and then woke up sick.  That is the minimum of what you should do.  That way they have as much time as possible to cover it.
 
Ideally you would find your own sub, but sometimes that is not always doable and the Primary Presidency probably has a better idea on who can be called on in a last moment situation for teaching

Speaking as a Mormon who's married to someone who's not:
 
The way an interfaith marriage can work is if both spouses respect each other-- all of each other, faith included!  If your husband orders you to hide a major part of yourself, then that's a mega red flag.  Similarly, if you were to force your husband to pretend to have faith he doesn't, that's a mega red flag.  
 
Interfaith marriages can work, but they are a LOT of work, requiring respect and deep dedication.  

Hi TheMountain!
 
I am very sorry to hear about this. I can only begin to imagine what it's like right now. I may not be able to give you much solid advice on this, but I and many others are praying for you and rooting for you. Your Savior understands your pain perfectly, and will help you get through this. All will be made right. And in the meantime, you're not alone.
 
For the most part, I agree with the advice a few others have given: first get things worked out between the two of you so that you can live with your differences (assuming he doesn't come around :) ). Don't bring kids into it without resolving the issue and having some semblance of a plan. Follow your personal revelation and stick with it for the moment, but if he sticks with his "you change or it's over" ultimatum, I'd say let him follow through on that. yjacket's scripture sums it up nicely. But above all that - do what the Spirit tells you to, and rely on divine help for this one. So that's my vote, fwiw.
 
Here's the more unique tidbit of advice I have. I'm a little like your husband in the sense that I like to approach things logically and meticulously. So take it from me: the thing we "rationally sound" types often forget is that it's completely irrational and illogical to try to ignore other people's feelings (or our own for that matter). It makes absolutely no sense to try that. The very idea that he can demand that you comply with anything from parenting methods to religion choice to face wash usage, all on the grounds of supposed logical superiority, is itself both illogical and impractical.
 
Ideally, he'll realize this and give you some breathing room. But even if he doesn't realize it, you should never forget it. You're more logical than you think you are. Your opinion matters greatly, even when it's not laid out in a syllogism. 

Indeed, counsel with the bishop.
My personal opinion: he's putting religion before his marriage if he's so stuck on these requirements for staying married/raising kids. I also think his method is also a form of brainwashing. To deny you the right to help decide what to teach your future children is indeed abusive. Parents ought to be united in what they agree to teach children. I Agree With Eowyn, don't have any kids until this is satisfactorily settled for both of you.

The more I allow myself to become like Christ, the more I feel like I am in the Celestial Kingdom already.
 
-Finrock

The answer to your first question, for me, would be an astounding "YES." I would most certainly be disappointed and I definitely would have failed.  I would gnash my teeth.
 
I would honestly be shocked if there was one individual on this earth, knowing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, who has not felt unsure, and must deal with this uncertainty -- despondency.  In my youth, and even now, I could say I have made some decisions that cause me grief.  This grief causes me to reflect upon my bodies intelligence (light and truth).  I remember speaking with a bishop of mine and asking this same question, as I would say, "I truly saw myself" (my carnal nature).
 
My bishop at this time asked me two questions, "When was the last time you received revelation?  When was the last time that the Spirit entered your body and provided you with enlightenment?"  At that time, I had been receiving what I would consider many revelations, and answered in kind.  He then said, "Then you have no need to worry.  The Spirit is part of the Godhead, and cannot dwell in a unclean temple. If you have have the Spirit enter your body, you have been cleaned (justified / sanctified) and where he can dwell you can dwell."  
 
At first my unspoken thought, "What a kind bishop, not sure if he is telling me the truth or just simply providing me comfort," and comfort it brought; although, I didn't quite fully accept what he said.  Until, one morning of personal scripture study I read this verse, Mosiah 4: 24, "And behold, even at this time, ye have been calling on his name, and begging for a remission of your sins. And has he suffered that ye have begged in vain? Nay; he has poured out his Spirit upon you, and has caused that your hearts should be filled with joy, and has caused that your mouths should be stopped that ye could not find utterance, so exceedingly great was your joy."
 
I had been calling for a remission of sins.  I had been begging.  How then do I know that my plea wasn't in vain?  He poured out his Spirit upon me and had caused that my heart was filled with joy through many revelations he had given me.  Even at that time, my heart ringed out and I praised God for his Son! I was forgiven.  Later, I discovered that my heart did not recognize 17 verses earlier in Mosiah 4:3, that a second witness was given, "the Spirit of the Lord came upon them...filled with joy...received a remission of sins...having a peace of conscience."  I received a peace of conscience...feeling like Nephi -- knowing in whom I have placed my trust, the anchor of the souls of men (Ether 12: 4).  Thus, faith, hope, and charity lead us all into good works, or simply unto Christ.  
 
How do I cope?  I simply ask, what revelation have I received, and did it cause my heart to rejoice leading to a peace of conscience knowing whom I trust?  If I can answer yes, then I know I am filled with Celestial light/intelligence.  If not, then I have need to repent, make changes, until I can receive the Spirit of the Lord and be filled with joy.  Joy does not equate with pleasure.

Well, I don't know if it matters, but has anyone noticed how the OP hasn't responded again since posting her original question? Maybe because the first response she got was a correction of her question, rather than a response to what I assume is the OP's main point "how do you handle that feeling of uncertainty" (emphasis added.)
 
This is the same problem that I have had with this particular section of the forum. She asked a question that springs at least partly from normal human insecurity. How about instead of automatically assuming that she doesn't know the doctrine, how about you answer her question as she posed it? Whatever happens after that happens, but at least you can say that your first response was nothing less than thoughtful and charitable. There are several people who did respond this way, I'm not saying this applies to everyone. 

Those of us who think calculus is great fun know our place in the hierarchy.

There's only one problem with this as I see it. No one on the earth is born loving Celestial living. We all love Telestial living by nature. We are, by nature, carnal and devilish.
 
We become Celestial, and learn to love Celestial living by our choices of obedience and repentance. And it takes time and effort and the grace of our Lord to do so. And any are capable of said choices.
 
If we simply are what we are then God could have just assigned us. We choose to become what we choose to become.
 
So yes, those who are Celestial will be there because they are, indeed, Celestial...but we need to be careful and not imply or teach that we have no control of whether or not we become this way or not.
 
So the only real comment I'm contending against here is "don't worry" because therein is the implication (or inference, perhaps) that carries danger.
 
Worry. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling. https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/philip/2.12?lang=eng#11
 
I have no delusions (contrary to what has been implied) that I am Celestial in my character and therefore just *sigh* "belong" in the Celestial Kingdom. I am, however, determined that I will work it out! I will continue to do what I can to humble myself and obey and follow and learn and grow and become what I must so that I can be where the Lord has told me He wants me to be, and where He has told me that I will have a fulness of joy.

The discounting of agency, I believe, comes in the thoughts that say anything like unto not being sure about it. We can be sure. It's a simple as choosing. The "I don't know" idea is false. We have been asked to choose. We do or we do not. The implication that we don't know shows a misunderstanding that seems prevalent, that we have to be Celestial now in order to be sure. We do not. All we have to do is what has been asked of us. Choose. Obey. Repent. Try.
 
If we are obedient, and repenting when we are not, we may be sure. That is my plain point. Saying, I don't know is equivalent to saying we don't have a say in the matter. We do. Absolutely, with no question, our salvation rides on our shoulders and ours alone.
 
I know that's going to sound like I'm discounting Christ somehow. I am not. Christ bought our salvation. But that is done. The price is paid. He has already paid the full price for our salvation. By what He has done, we are saved. And that salvation is paid in full by Him alone. We do not buy it ourselves, nor can we. Now He asks us to come unto him and accept His atonement. That is on us. It is a free invitation to all, but it's still our choice to go or not.
 
To use Uchtdorf's analogy of purchasing a plain ticket...Christ did. He paid the price. He owns the airport. The trip is free. But we still have to get on the plane.
 
But one either chooses to get on the plane or not.
 
If someone bought everyone a free ticket to Timbuktu and then someone asked, "are you going to Timbuktu?", the answer is either, "Yes" or "No". You either get on the plane and go or your don't. I suppose there's the "I'm not sure" by way of undecided. So if someone is undecided about whether they'll choose to go to the Celestial Kingdom, then the "I don't know" may have some validity (though if they die in that state, the undecided defaults to no). But that's not what I'm reading into the "I don't know" sort of thoughts. What it reads to me is more like some are implying, "I'm not sure If they'll let me on the plane". And that is false.
 
I know it's not a perfect analogy, because getting on the plane is a one time thing. And enduring to the end is a lifetime thing. And we can choose to follow one minute and choose to not another. That's what repentance is for, of course. But the implication that because we're not perfect means we cannot know is a failure to understand the atonement and what has been asked of us.
 
It's a choice, and it's our choice. Entirely.
 
I, personally, wish people would move from "I'm trying my best, so...maybe", to "I'm trying my best, and that's what's been asked of me. So yes." To move from probably to positive type verbiage. It saddens me to see so many who do so much and try so hard and then still fear they are doomed. Why? Because we're afraid of appearing arrogant? Arrogant about what though? Christ did the saving.

I'm personally more worried about having a desire to be celestial. From my standpoint on earth i've noticed traits, flaws, desires, in myself and others that I suspect wouldn't be welcome in the celestial kingdom (even if the goal is the celestial), that often times people don't seem willing to let go for something greater.

If you have the will to sacrifice the lessor for the greater of the celestial, I think you'll be alright.